I used to work for a b2b leasing firm.... you think its bad for IT you should see it for cctv (most of the price is installation... also these are used by scam merchants - low cost boilers were a perfect example - and no call back as the lease agreement was completely separate from the purchase agreement.
Im not asking for anything in return it just would be nice if she could give me a little extra to get it fixed right for her... paying out £10-£15 for a new hdd is having NO benefit on me im making no money from it. i don't want to spend £10 for a faulty hdd to then have to shell out the original £25 to get a decent one that will last i can't afford to pay for it myself im in a worse state as it is... I think what im trying to say has been taken the wrong way i give things for free within family its the only way i do it.... broken things that i can't afford to fix and give away is a different matter.
Show her this link, and say "This is the cheapest hard drive I can find. If you're willing to stump up for that, I'll use my site membership to get the delivery free tomorrow. You'll have a working laptop in a day, for £23." I know there are bigger/better drives out there, but if cost is a niggle to her, then point this out to her. Show her the actual page, with the cheap drive on it. And if she says no, Alt-Tab on to an eBay setup page, showing a fully-completed, ready to go live in one click, listing for the laptop, shrug, and go "OK then. No pressure."
Built my mom a PC while back and bought a nice LCD, she said was only for browsing and nothing else. Couple YEARS later she started moaning how it doesn't have enough memory and USB sticks are too slow (USB1) but doesn't want to pay as I should have put in a bigger HD! Hang on, maybe I should ring Corsair for a bigger HD?!
Giving her £10 AND a laptop. Personally I sell most of my hardware dirt cheap to my brother (I do kind of force him to buy it though so it's not quite as nice as it seems ). My parents are fairly computer literate (Mother has an MSc in Methods of Computation I believe although she remembers hardly any of it) so they're fairly aware of the value of things. The only (very minor) gripe I have is that my dad tends to buy stuff from in-store whereas I always like to read reviews of what I'm buying beforehand but I guess he has better things to worry about than getting the absolute best deal on a piece of hardware.
^^ Thats what i do. I don't really see the point of this TBH. I'm sure your mother has spent more than 60 pounds on you.And it's not as if you need the money to go and buy a laptop. Just think, it is your mother after all.
instead purchase a new 'Home PC' you can (And I say that for all parents) upgrade your slow HDD for a snapy SSD. With Windows 7 of course Why purchase a new one when the only job the thing is going to do is surfing or listen music ? (Parents PC again)
I said this to my dad anyway and he even said if she is'nt going to put money in theres no point fixing it on a £10 hdd which is potentially dodgy the link MaverickWill gave me was on the money and perfect but she would'nt want to spend that much ... just to put it CLEAR! how this works out admitidly i've come across rather odly in the last few posts I give laptop for nothing (even though i could have got £60 trade in), to her if she can pay for the parts to repair she not willing to pay but wants the parts cheaper me say can't get parts so cheap and if i could they will be dodgy meaning not worky... she get ask me everyday have i got the part yet even though she knows i won't be able to she gets angry because she thinks im not trying even though i went out of my way to give it to her NO personal gain to me
You can't afford £23? Well then I'd say you should probably sell the laptop for £60... but wait.... so how did you afford the laptop in the first place Do you have a job? Are you contributing to the household in some way? Such as regularly giving her some money to pay your share of the monthly bills?
He's giving his mum a laptop that he paid a small fortune for, and worked his nuts off for at a young age, regardless of its perceived value now. She's the one that won't chip in the £23. He's offered to do the fix if she gets the bit she needs. Heck, PC World would charge £60 to put the drive in, never mind the cost of the drive!
all this boils down to your mums been tight. you gave her a laptop she needs to buy a new HDD to get it working £20-30 hardly a cost for a working laptop is it.
His mum's been tight? Or being tight? Or maybe she's a little disappointed that she never gets any presents from her children? It might be hard to believe, but there are alot of people in the world, that start giving about £23 per week to their parents from when they start working, which is usually around 16 years old. Who cares what the laptop once cost, it's now just an old broken laptop, and it won't cost much to make a decent present out of it. What do you think would cost more: To pay pc world to repair the laptop, or to hire a maid for a week, to cook and clean for you? Then add the cost of rent or a mortgage + utilities.
I had a paper round at the time... £10 weekly on a £450 laptop.. then you add in bills for school stuff at the time anything i wanted at the same time at the moment i have bought a car £1495 + £440 laptop i get paid £6.12 an hour and only can fit about 10 hours a week now im back to college full time so £23 is a big deal I contribute i clean and cook when im asked i do ALOT of jobs around the house to help out HECK i help paint most of this house! we work in a way girls do ironing and clothes stuff/bills while boys get there hands dirty fixing things painting things or the more hard laboured stuff that girls don't want to do i cleaned and polished my car the other day then cleaned and hoovered out my sisters car because she was busy with homework i used to clean most of the house (hoovering, dusting) but now i really have no time to do that Monthly bills i do pay for some of the electricity i've paid for things like routers and broadband things that not only my dad uses its a team effort
Sounds like you're a good boy Well since you have a sis.... if she hasn't given mum anything lately, then hit her up for the £23! But if she has, then maybe take the £10 mum offered, and the remaining £13 can come from you and sis, etc. I was in a similar situation, worked hard at home, saved all year to build my first pc, then saved for a couple of years to buy my first car, and never much money spare after things like school fees, a little going out, and having to contribute a fair bit of cash every month It did kinda suck to see some other kids, that would never contribute financially, and rarely ever perform any chores, but they don't get to look back and feel proud of themselves.
"Life sucks and then you 'cking die" Hang in there, a couple of years and you probably don't have to deal with your parents anymore. Not so much anyway. Just wait for her to change her mind. To me it sounds only fair for her to pay for the HDD if you're already offering her the £60 lappy. Then again, people and families deal with things in completely different ways so who am I to tell.
